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Such activities generate robust and reliable scientific evidence which forms the knowledge base needed for well-informed policy decisions. The importance of having "better informed decision-making" is highlighted in the EU Climate Change Adaptation Strategy which includes this as one of its three main objectives (EC, 2013). Scientific knowledge, however, needs to be combined with practical and bureaucratic knowledge (Edelenbos et al., 2011). Cooperation between scientists, policy actors and other stakeholders such as civil and business NGOs is fundamental not only to ensure that researchers generate the scientific-technical information needed primarily by policy actors, but also to support the effective communication, dissemination and finally use of relevant knowledge.